Harvard Business School 9-392-019 Rev. July 8. 1993 Bill Gates and the Management of Microsoft Despite the fact that we’ve been successful financially‚ there’s an ongoing need to anticipate where this industry is going‚ and to be at the forefront of changing the products. And this is every bit as challenging as it’s ever been--and perhaps more so. Bill Gates‚ Microsoft Chairman and CEO‚ 1991 On June 30‚ 1991‚ Microsoft Corporation closed the books on another year of dazzling growth. Revenues for
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Executive Summary Bill Gates is one of the 21st Centuries most successful entrepreneurs. This report will take a closer look into Bill Gates whilst simultaneous exploring entrepreneurship and its role in business‚ entrepreneurial approaches to opportunity and innovation‚ management and leadership‚ growth and longevity in additional to entrepreneurial traits and characteristics. Contents Executive Summary i 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 The Opportunity Recognised 1 3.0 The Entrepreneur 2 4.0 Managing
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Bill Gates William Henry Gates the Third or also known as Bill Gates is the co-founder of the huge Microsoft Corporation. This billionaire was born in Seattle on the 28th of October 1955 and grew up there with his two sisters‚ Kristi and Libby. His father‚ William Henry Gates Senior was a prominent Seattle lawyer‚ and his mother‚ Mary Maxwell Gates was a schoolteacher at the University of Washington regent and chairwoman of United Way International. His great-grandfather was a state legislator
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Bill Gates is a hero that has a great impact on the world‚ he is a hero because he created useful technology. He started his own company‚ Microsoft‚ from scratch. Heroes have specific characteristics to fulfill their requirements. Heroes are often clever‚ promptitude‚ brave‚ and not afraid of taking risks. Promptitude is to be mentally quick and act in tough situations. Cleaver is how to know to act in very tough situation quickly as possible. Bravery is to take risks and not to be afraid of
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self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You will NOT make $60‚000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough‚ wait till you get a boss. Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. Rule 6: If you mess up‚ it’s not your parents’ fault
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Kathryn Dorr Eng. 122 September 9‚ 2013 Robot in Every Home Bill Gates‚ Co-founder of Microsoft has another dream similar to the one he had 50 years ago. His dream back then was to put a computer in every household in America. Back then‚ this never before seen industry that can change the world had a very foggy future and it had a long way before anything really significant happened. It was the computer industry and 30 years ago B. Gates and P. Allen were working on foundation for the information
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Millennium‚" no one else even came close to William Henry Gates III‚ founder‚ chairman and CEO of Redmond‚ Washington-based Microsoft Corp. Although he arouses as much animosity as admiration for his hardball tactics (there’s even a book about his mortal enemies: Gary Rivlin’s The Plot to Get Bill Gates‚ Times Books)‚ everyone‚ friend or foe recognizes Gates as the rightful Usher-in-Chief of the Information Age. It all started when‚ at age 25‚ Gates persuaded IBM to let him keep the rights to the DOS
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Personality: What makes you the way you are? - Science News - The Independent At some point in your life‚ you ’ve probably filled in a personality questionnaire ("Do you see yourself as....?")‚ and wondered as you ticked the boxes if there can really be any validity to such a simplistic way of assessing people. Surely the scores just reflect your mood on the day‚ or what you want the investigator to think. Surely everyone gives the same answer‚ which is "it depends". Or even if the scores measure
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The Breed Myth What do Steve Jobs‚ the founder of Apple‚ Bill Gates‚ the founder of Microsoft‚ Jeff Bezos‚ the founder of Amazon‚ and Michael Dell‚ the founder of Dell all have in common? All of these famous men who have made incredible achievements in life may have been born with a creative mind because of the life they live today‚ which is called Breed Myth. Breed Myth is stating that you are born with creativity you already developed. Some people believe that children are born with creativity
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Profile of Bill Gates Profiles of Global Leaders July 14‚ 2010 Abstract This paper will outline a profile of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. I will provide background information about his upbringing‚ his early exposure to computers‚ and his founding of Microsoft. I will then detail his unique leadership skills which have allowed him to take his company from a small upstart to a global icon. Childhood William (Bill) Henry Gates III was born in 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington to a middle class
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